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Project Twinkle Final Report (scan)

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This declassified U.S. Air Force file contains the final report of Project Twinkle, dated 27 November 1951 and written by Louis Elterman of the Geophysics Research Division, together with related correspondence. The project was set up to investigate the green fireballs and other light phenomena around Holloman AFB and Vaughn, New Mexico, and it was run with Askania cameras. The report calls its findings essentially negative and recommends no further funding. In March 1952 the Directorate of Intelligence declined to declassify it.

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“descended”4 pages

  • p. 11 …It crossed the city from Northwest to Southeast with a sharply descending trajectory which leveled out…
  • p. 15 …Tear shaped object with small tail; very bright appearance; descended slowly; sky lighted up for about…
  • p. 16 …The object descended rapidly to the horizon. 1 April 1951 - Report from a Los Alamos employee…
  • p. 17 …Alfonso Sandoval, and we both watched it slowly descend for about thirty seconds before it went…
UNCLASSIFIED

APPROVED:

L. ELTERMAN

P. H. WYCKOFF Chief, Atmospheric Physics Laboratory

27 November 1951

1. TWINKLE, Project

DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200,10.

UNCLASSIFIED

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